Delayed, transient encephalopathy after marrow transplantation: Case reports and MRI findings in four patients

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-250

  Tahsildar, H I ^a  

^a Ireland Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic scanning; Encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marrow transplantation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029872571     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00165481     Document Type: Article

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